Despite a photo on facebook that confused a lot of people into thinking I had a baby, I haven’t. It was just a little joke made by Martin. We did get a few laughs out of it I have to say but I think it did get a little out of hand. We even got a call from Sweden which I felt very bad about.

Even though there is no baby we are now definitely ready for one. I think I have mentioned this before but a friend of ours who had a baby three months ago is moving to the US tomorrow. Her husband is American so they are going to live there for awhile. As they were not able to move all their things from here to there we were lucky enough to get a lot of their baby stuff. Bath, crib and so many clothes which we picked up today. Others have also sent us a number of clothes, toys and books and yesterday my grandparents sent us a pram which they picked up from a jumble sale. They spent hours washing it and fixing it up for us and it is very cute. We also managed to pick up a change table from someone at my work and some drawers at one of the second hand shops. This means the only things we have had to buy new and thus spend much money on are the car seat and the cloth nappies. I feel so blessed. We have everything we need plus more for her arrival, without having to have spent hardly anything at all. And the even better thing is almost all of it is second hand.

I have had so much fun today finally being able to embrace all those nesting feelings and set up the nursery. It is so cute. Now all that needs to happen is the birth…..